This comprehensive course bundle will teach you how to incorporate nutrition coaching, behavior change, and weight loss into your fitness instruction. Upon successful exam completion, you will become a NASM Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC) and obtain your Weight Loss Specialization (WLS).
Nutrition plays a key role in almost every aspect of the health and fitness industry. Beyond fitness instruction, many clients want to pick up healthy eating patterns and make long-term behavior changes. Completing this nutrition course and successfully passing the certification exam will make you a NASM Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC). This industry-recognized certification proves that you understand nutritional science and behavior change strategies and can effectively coach clients.

$1,995
est. cost
6 mo.
Time to Complete
160 hrs.
Self-paced

What you will learn

  • Foundational principles of nutrition science, including metabolism, macronutrients, micronutrients, hydration, alcohol, and nutrient timing
  • How culture, age, geographic region, and socioeconomic status influence dietary eating patterns
  • To customize a communication and coaching approach to fit your client’s profile
  • To conduct a comprehensive client assessment and body composition testing
  • To explain the mechanisms and science behind trending diets and weight loss
  • Understand the obesity epidemic, client assessments, and the weight loss coaching process

  • As a NASM Certified Nutrition Coach, you will be able to coach clients in both fitness and nutrition
  • Create customized, evidence-based nutrition programs for your fitness clients
  • Gain the skills and expertise needed to fill health and fitness jobs, such as sports nutritionist, weight management consultant, and wellness coach
  • Possess an additional certification for an existing portfolio, thus bolstering marketability
  • Show a deeper level of competence in the subject of weight loss
  • Have all necessary CEUs to renew the NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) certification

    • We offer a wide range of highly interactive courses that you can take entirely online. All of our courses are led by expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors. Our online courses are affordable, fun, fast, convenient, and geared just for you. 

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